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wild tomatillo over winter question
Hi All, Now that I have grown tomatillo for three years, they love to grow all over the place, but not where I want them. They love to grow up in the middle of my cherry tomato jungle, among other...
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6 years ago
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Tapered Cucumbers
This is a [minor] problem I had last year, and the one early vine this year looks to be continuing it. At least some of my cucumber vines have a tendency to produce fruit that gets appropriately plump...
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10 years ago
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Louisiana Evergreen shallots (2023 Update)
Does anybody know where to get a start for these, and how far north will they survive the winters? (I'm in Minnesota now, zone 4) I just (in the past year or two) figured out that the green...
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11 years ago
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What would cause really fibrous pea pors and snap peas?
Sound like your seed has gotten crossed with a shelling pea (English pea).
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12 years ago
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Greenfly on sweet peas
Clicking on "new thread" is just how to do it. You are in edible gardening, where else did you want it to be? Many fruit trees have it in them to become alternate year bearing if they have a heavy...
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12 years ago
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split cantaloup/melon - still safe to eat?
If a melon/cantaloup splits while on the vine, can you still eat it? I only saw two ladybugs and a bee on the split section. Could I cut that whole section off and the rest still be safe to eat?
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12 years ago
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Yew Tree Toxicity Question
I'm posting this in the hope that someone is able to answer a question about using water that is contaminated with berries and possibly leaves from a Yew tree. The shed on my allotment is underneath...
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13 years ago
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is it safe to plant sweet peas in the same yard as garden peas
I bought a package of Black Knight Sweet Peas thinking that they were an edible pea (sweet pea sounds good doesn't it). As it turns out they are poisonous. Is there any possibility that they will...
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14 years ago
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cucumber plants with no tendrils !!!
hi all im new to this forum, ive been growing cucumbers and tomatoes fo a couple of years now very succesfully, hovever this year i have notice that my cucumber plants (f1) have no tendrils to help...
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15 years ago
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Problem with Damson tree
We have a Damson tree (Merryweather) in our garden which has a problem. Some of the leaves have become very "scrunched up" like a screwed up piece of paper and some of the fruits are turning yellow....
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16 years ago
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tomatoes on steroids?
Most of our 'regular' tomatoes ('Bucks County' & 'Brandy Boy') are much larger than other years - like, 6" across. Some have big bulging 'shoulders', as well. They're kind of unappetizing, to look at....
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17 years ago
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Anyone tried to grow ahipa, or seen seeds?
Ahipa or Ajipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa) is a close relative of the yam bea or jícama (Pachyrhizus erosus). It has large roots with a thin gre skin, which is taken off to reveal white flesh with purple...
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17 years ago
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Salmonberry - pruning?
I have some salmonberry bushes. It started with a single volunteer, and now I have several. They're in a good spot, really, right at the edge of the garden, where there's a drop-off. I have read that...
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18 years ago
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Autumn planted potatoes
I am wanting to plant potaotes to crop in the winter. I am going t plant them in a poly tunnel and hopefully have new potatoes a Christmas! Does anyone have experience of doing this, what varieties...
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18 years ago
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Do tomatoes grow back?
I am new to gardening and plannted tomatoes, zuchinnies, peppers and eggplants this year. After the season is done for this year, do any of these grow back the following year or do I have to replant...
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18 years ago
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Keeping turtles out of melon patch?
Today I found a turtle munching into my largest ripening cantelope. This is UNACCEPTABLE behavior... How can I keep them from getting more of the melons?
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18 years ago
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Hazelnuts in the South
Hi!! I live in Arkansas where the weather is pretty hot in the summer. We also have a high content of clay in our soil and we have a hig water table. From what I have read these conditions are hard on...
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18 years ago
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Weeds
I have a 30' x 40' garden. Holy cow...I can't keep up with the weeds! I bought a Mantis mini-tiller hoping that it would at least take care of the weeds between rows, but it doesn't. It disturbs them,...
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18 years ago
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How Hot?
I enjoy growing peppers, and I have varieties of all heat levels. and as anyone who has ever grown peppers knows, there is no such thing as a pepper shortage this time of year, all the plants are...
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19 years ago
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Whats difference between pulverized and dehydrated lime?
Are they both the same thing but one is processed differently? I see gardeners at the community garden use lime. They said it keeps the insects and animals eating there plants. Is there any truth...
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19 years ago
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